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Jan. 28, 1930. E. J. VON PEIN 1,745,283

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. Edward J.-Von Pein ZM@M Jan. 28, 1930. E. J. VON PEIN CASH REGISTER Original Filed July 26, 1924 5 Sheets-Sheet gnueni'o'o E Edwarifiieim attotncttdy I Patented Jan. 28, 1930 v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE EDWARD J. VON PEIN, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF MARYLAND CASH REGISTER Original application filed July 26, 1924,

type of registers shown and described in Letters Patent to E. J. Von Pein, No. 1,371,- 653, issued March 15, 1921.

This application is a division of application Serial No. 728,448, filed July 26, 1924:, which application has been issued at Letters Patent of the United States, No. 1,645,209, granted to Edward J. Von Pein on October An object of the present machine is to print and issue tickets to be placed on packages to be mailed in lieu of postage stamps;

Another object is to provide a means for locking the machine against operation when the amount in oneof the t'otalizers is below ten cents.

Another object is to provide ticket-issuing mechanism detachable from the register, to permit it to be taken to the postal authorities, who may then enter amounts into a totalizer of the subtracting type.

Another object is to provide an adding totalizer operated simultaneously with the substracting totalizer, and provides a. check therefor. 1

Another object is to provide an interlock to make it necessary to issue a ticket on every depression of a register key.

Another object of the invention is to provide a printing cylinder, and having the type wheel mounted therein with its axis at right angles to the axis of the printing cylinder, to provide a larger printing surface than is usual in type wheels carried in printing cylinders. I

With these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, the essential elements of which are set forth in appended claims and a preferred form or embodimentof which is hereinafter described with reference to the drawings which accompany and form part of this specification.

Of said drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the register, shown with the ticket-issuing mechanism detached.

Serial No. 728,448. Divided and this application filed October 10, 1927. Serial No. 225,205. I

Fig. 2 is a cross-sction taken on line 22 of Fig. 1.

. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the interlocking mechanism for making it necessary to issue a ticket upon every depression of a register key.

1* 1g. 4 is an enlarged front elevation of the ticket-issuing mechanism shown attached to the register.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged side elevation of the ticket-issuing mechanism.

Fig. 6 is a detail view of part of the lock mechanism for permitting amounts to be manually set in the subtracting totalizer.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged cross sectional view taken through the adding and the subtracting totalizers, and shows the mechanism for locking the substracting totalizer when it has an amount below ten cents therein.

Fig. 8. is an enlarged detail view of the units Wheels of the adding and the subtracting totalizers.

Fig. 9 is an enlarged detail view of the printing cylinder,'and shows a part of the mechanism for setting the type wheel.

Fig. 10 is an enlarged plan View of the adding and the substracting totalizers.

Fig. 11 is a sectional view taken through the printing cylinder, and shows the method of mounting the type wheel.

Fig. 12 is a view showing the type of ticket issued by. the machine.

Fig. 13 is a detail view of the right hand end of the printing cylinder.

In general the register is constructed and operated in a manner similar to the Von Pein machine disclosed in U. S. Patent, No. 1,371,653 above mentioned. However, there is only one bank of keys in the present machine. The depression of one of the keys in this bank will unlock the ticket-issuing mechanism to permit a ticket to be issued and the key is held in a depressed position until the ticket has been issued.

The amount keys cannot be operated unless i .ually set up an amount on this totalizer.

The amounts set up on the subtracting total: izer, by the postal authorities, vary according to the demands of the user. In a small mailing house or station, there will be less tickets sold than in the larger houses, therefore, whatever amount is paid to the postal authorities by the user, is manually set up on the subtracting totalizer. All of the ticket-issuing mechanism is enclosed in a separate casing. The totalizer is under lock and key and the operator has no access to it.

The machine is adapted to issue tickets of various denominations, that is, in amounts from one to nine cents. In previous machines of this type it was necessary to have all of the amounts and the size of packages or envelopes the same. T The advantage of the present invention is that tickets for various amounts can be printed and placed on packages of various sizes.

The Von Pein Patent No.1,371,653 referred to shows indicating mechanism and a totalizer. These mechanisms have not been shown in the present application because they form no part of the invention, and it is therefore thought unnecessary to disclose or describe them herein. However, they can be used in connection with the present invention if desired.

Described in detail, the machine has one bank of amount keys 30 (Figs. 1 and 2) .pivoted on a shaft 300 carried in the side frames 31 and 32 of the register. The keys have at their rear ends the usual controllers 33, having recesses or notches cut therein adapted to engage a registering frame 34. The notches or recesses in the controllers 33 are of the usual construction and cause the registering frame to be, moved various distances according to the value of the key operated. The registering frame is secured to a shaft 35, to which is also secured an arm 36 (Figs. 1 2 and '4) having on its outer end a cam 37 engaging an anti-friction roller 38 secured to a slidable shaft 39. An arm 40 is secured to the slidable shaft 39 and to a second slidable shaft 41. The shafts 39 and 41 are adapted to operate theadding and subtracting totalizers and to difierentially position the type Wheel in the printing cylinder, as will be later described in detail.

The usual key coupler 45 (Fig. 2) is provided, and is operated by any of the registering keys. A roller 451 mounted in the key coupler is adapted to operate a double-faced rack, which in turn rotates a shaft 46 in the usual and well known manner. I Q

Means-is provided to hold the register" ing key in the depressed position until a ticket has been issued. This means is best shown in Fig. 3 and comprises a cam 50 secured to the shaft 46 and a lever51, pivoted on a. stud 52, secured to a frame 53 (Fig. 4) of the ticket-issuing mechanism.

The arm 51 carries a roller 54 cooperating With a race in the cam 50. When the registeringkey 30 is depressed, the shaft 46 and the cam 50 are rotated. in a counter-clockwise direction until an abrupt face'55 of the cam race contacts the. roller 54. This preventsfurther rotation of the shaft. The registering key operated is held in its depressed position until the lever 51 is rocked clockwise by a cam 56, which is given a full rotation upon every operation of the. ticket-issuing mechanism, as will be later described.

Ticket-issuing mwcham'sm on a shaft 75 journaled in the frames 53 and 71. The printing cylinder 62 has mounted thereon four feed rails or flanges 76 (Fig. 9) adapted to cooperate with the feed roll 74 to feed the tickets from the machine.

The shaft 7 5also has secured thereto the cam 56 (Fig. 3). It Will be remembered that depression of one of the registering keys rotates the cam 50 in a counter-clockwise direction and thereby rocks the lever 51 counterclockwise. This counter-clockwise movement of the arm 51 moves a roller 77 carried thereby away from an abrupt face 78 in the race of the cam 56 and thereby permits rotation of the shaft 75. The race in the cam 56 is so shaped that the lever 51 is rocked clockwise (Fig. 3) during the printing and issuing of the ticket, thus moving the roller 54 away from the face 55 in the cam 50 which permits the shaft 46 to complete its movement, and thereby allows the registering keys 30 to return home.

A supplyroll 82 (Fig.5) is mounted on a stud in the side frame 31 of the register. The paper is fed through a guide 83 carried by two studs mounted in the frame 53 of the ticket-issuing mechanism, thence between the impression roller and the feed rails on the printing cylinder. A knife 84 (Figs. 4 and 5) is provided to permit the operator to sever the ticket after it has been issued from the machine.

The inking of the 'type Wheel and of the (Fig. 5) journaled in the frames 53 and 71.

It 1s spring-pressed against the printing cylinder by two plungers 81 to insure a perfect contact. The feed roller 74 is made of resilient material, and the impression is made as the paper is fed between the feed roller and the printing "cylinder in the usual and well known manner.

Type wheel, scttz'niq mechanism permits the shaft 41 to position the rack and at the same time permits the rack to rotate with the printing cylinder. The rack 61 engages a pinion 63 secured to the side of a printing wheel 64. On the opposite side of the printing wheel, and secured thereto, is.

a hub 65 (Fig. 11) which is journaled in a bearing in the printing cylinder. The printing cylinder is made up of two pieces secured together by four screws 66. I

Two electros 67 are secured to the outside surface of the cylinder. They are made in two parts, due to the ticket being partially printed during the, operation previous to the one during which the ticket is issued. The reason for this will be apparent when the issuing mechanism is considered.

Subtracting totalizer w The means for operating the subtracting totalizer is as follows: The slidable shaft 39 is bifurcated. on its right hand end and engages a stud 85 (Fig. 4) mounted on an arm which extends downwardly from a segment 86. The segment is loosely mounted on a stud 87 on a bracket 88 secured to a frame 89. It engages a pinion pinions 91 and 92. The pinion 92 is secured to a shaft 93 which supports the subtracting totalizer and is carried in the frame 89. The frame 89 is mounted on the frame 53 of the ticket-issuing mechanism. Secured to the opposite end of the shaft 93 is'a ratchet 94 (Figs. 8 and 10) which is engaged by a pawl 95 mounted in the units wheel 96 of the totalizer.

From the above description it can be seen that when a registering key isj depressed, the cam 37 will differentially position the slidable shaft39, which will move. the units totalizer wheel 96 in a counter-clockwise direction a distance equal to the amount represented by the key depressed. Since there in only one bank of keys in the machine,-the units wheel is the only wheel which will be operated directly from the keys,the higher order wheels being operated by the usual Geneva transfer.

It will be noted that the numbers engraved on thecounter wheels are so placed that when the units totalizerwheel receives a movement it will move in a direction to subtract therefrom.

to depress a registering 90 which drivessecured to its outer end a Automatic locking mechanism Automatic means is provided to prevent the operation of the registering keys and the ticket-issuing mechanism when the amount in the subtracting totalizer is less than ten cents. The object of this construction is to prevent the issuance of tickets until the postal authorities have entered an amount in the totalizer. The mechanism for accomplishin this is best shown in Figs. 7 8 and '10.

ach of the totalizer wheels in the subtracting totalizer except the units wheel is provided with a notch 97 (Figs. 7 and 10). The notches are positioned in the wheels to permit a bail 98 connecting" two bell cranks 99 and 109, to engage said notches when all the wheels except the units wheel are set in the zero positions. The bail 98 is held in engagement with the totalizer wheels by a spring 100 (Figs. 4 and 9) secured to an arm 101 of the bell crank 99. The bell cranks 99 and 109 are mounted on a short shaft 102 carried by the frame 89. A spring 105 (Figs. 3 and 7) normally holds a shoulder 1040 of -'a suitably supported detent 104 against an arm 103 (Figs. 3, 7 and 8) of the bell crank 109. When all of the notches 97 are in alinement the sprin .100 pulls, the bail 98 into those notches. his permits the detents 104 to rotate in a' clockwise direction (Fig. 3) to enter a notch 106 out in the periphery of the cam 50, and prevents rotation of the shaft 46 and thereby prevents depression of a key 30. From this it can all of the higher order wheels of the subtracting totallzer are at zlgro it is impossible The ticket-issuing mechanism is also locked at this time. The printin cylinder 62 has isk 107 having a notch 108 (Fig. 13) cut in its periphery. This notch 108, when in the home position, is in alinement with the arm 101v of the bell crank 99. When the notches 97 of the total izer wheels are alined, as above mentioned, and the arm 101 is moved in a clockwise direction (Figs. 4 and 9) by the spring 100, it enters the notch 108 and thereby prevents operation of 'the handle 70, thus locking the ticket-issuing mechanism until the arm 101 is again removed from the notch 108.

be seen that as long as M cans for detaching ticket issuing 'mcchanz'sm A The ticket-issuing mechanism is detachable I nism. The studs 112 are notched to engage The postal authorities are provided with key to operate a lock 120 (Figs. 4 and 5). The barrel of this lock has secured thereto a disk 121 which carries a pin 122 projecting into a cam slot in an mm 123 (Fig. 6). The arm 123 is secured to an arm 124 fast on a shaft 125. The opposite end of the shaft 125 carries another arm 124. The two arms 12 i support a shaft 126, which in turn supports well known Geneva transfer gears 127. Each of the Geneva gears 127 has secured thereto a lock-plate 128 engaging a lock disk 129 on each of the totalizer wheels. As long as the plate 128 engages the disk 129 the'totalizer wheels are lockedagainst rotation in a-well known manner. However, when the postal authorities insert the key into, and operate the lock 120 the Geneva locking plates are disengaged from the locking disks on the totalizer wheels by means of the pin 122, the arms 123 and 124, and the shafts 125 and 126. Before the postal authorities can manually enter an amount in the subtracting totalizer, however, it is necessary to disengage the bail 98 from i th notches 97 in the totalizer wheels. This is done by depressing the arm 103, which projects through a slot in the casing of the ticket--,

- I issuing mechanism.

After an amount has been set upon the subtracting totalizer, the ticket-issuing mechanism can be again attached to the register and operated in the manner previously described.-

By referring to Fig. 3, it will be noticed that the race in cam 50 is cut-away as at 130. The reason for providing this notch is to permit the removal of the ticket-issuing mechanism from the register. It will be re- 'membered that the lever'51 and the cam 56 are secured to the frame in the ticket-issuing mechanism and they will be removed therewith. Therefore, this notch 130 is necessary to permit movement of the roll 54 to the rear when the mechanism is being removed from the register.

Adding totalizer An adding totalizer similar to the subtracting totalizer is provided. This totalizer cannot be reset to zero, it being of the typeknown as the tied-up totalizer. This adding totalizer is mounted on a shaft 135 (Figs. 8 and 10) and. is driven by the segment 86 and pinion 90 simultaneously with the driving ofthe shaft 93 of the subtracting totalizer. The adding totalizer shaft 135 has secured thereto a ratchet 94, identical with the ratchet 94; on the subtracting totalizerw previously described. The units wheel is also provided with a pawl 95, and is driven in the same man- Operation The general operation of themachine is as follows: The registering keys 30 are depressed, depending on the amount of the postage to be placed upon the packages. The depression of these keys will simultaneously set the type wheel, subtract from the subtracting totalizer an amount equal to that of the key depressed, and also add this amount to the accumulating totalizer. When a key is depressed it is held in depressed position until the ticket is issued by giving the operating handle one complete turn, after -which the registering key returns to its normal position. When-the amount on the subtracting totalizer is less than ten cents, both the registering mechanism and the ticket-issuing mechanism are locked against operation, and remain locked until an amount is again manually set up on the subtracting totalizer by the postal authorities.

The registering mechanism is detachable, and is enclosed in a casing to permit it to be taken to the postal authorities. The postal authorities are furnished with a key with which they can unlock the subtracting totalizer and manually set up any amount on the totalizer. The mechanism can then be attached to the register and operated in the manner previously described.

While the form of mechanism herein shown and described is admirably adapted to fulfill the objects primarily stated, it is to be understood that it is not intended to confine the invention to the one form or embodiment here in disclosed, for it is susceptible of embodiment in various forms all coming within the scope of the claims which follow.

What is claimed is:

1. In a machine of the class described; the combination of depressible manipulative devices; a totalizer; a shaft adapted to be given a partial rotation by depression of any of said manipulative devices; means to hold the shaft in such partially operated position; means for issuing a check subsequently to the partial operation of said shaft; a normally locked manually operable crank to operate said to unlock the shaft so that it may complete its movement; a cam on said shaft for unlocking the crank, said cam also having a notch in its periphery; a ,detent adapted to cooperate with the notch in the cam; a member contacting said detent to hold the latter in an inefi'ective position while the totalizer registers sums in excess of a predetermined amount; a locking bail connected to said member, and controlled by the totalizer to render the detent efiective to lock said shaft and the manipulative devices when the amount registered on the totalizer is equal to or less than the predetermined amount; and means connected to and operated by the bail for locking the issuing mechanism simultaneously with the locking of said manipulative devices.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination of depressible manipulative devoces; a totalizer; a shaft adapted to be given a partial rotation by depression of any of said manipulative dev iees means to hold the shaft in such partially operated position means for issuing a check subsequently to the partial operation of said shaft; a normally locked mani ually operable crank to operate said check issuing means and the holding means to unlock the shaft so that it may complete its movement; a cam on said shaft for unlocking the crank, said cam also having a notch in its periphery; a detent adjacent the notch adapted to prevent rotation of said cam, said detent being ineffective as long as the totalizer registers sums in excess of a predetermined amount; and a bail cooperating with and con trolled by the totalizer, said bail having'oppositely projecting members, one to control the eflectivity of said detent, and the other to lock the issuing mechanism when the total- 40 izer stands in a position representing a sum equal to or less than the predetermined amount.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature.

' EDWARD J. VON PEIN. 

